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Marty Marshall vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marty Marshall

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Sonny Liston

Marty Marshall (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Sonny Liston (50-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Marshall

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Liston

50

Wins39 KO · 78%

4

Losses

0

Draws54 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Liston leads 2–1

Marty Marshall and Sonny Liston have met 3 times; Liston leads 2–1.

Marty Marshall and Sonny Liston have met 3 times; Liston leads 2–1.
Met1954Sep 71955Apr 211956Mar 6Series
Marty MarshallFighter AWWonLLostLLost1–2W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BLLostWWonWWon2–1W–L
ResultSDTKOR6UD3Meetings

The Numbers

Marshall 1 · Liston 6 of 7 measurable rows
MarshallListon
Record†
2-550-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39
1
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
78% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
1.4
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
7
54

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Marty Marshall: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Marty Marshall: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Agenot held
Marty Marshall: Died aged 80
Sonny Liston: No date of birth
Stance
Marty Marshall: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

Marty Marshall left, Sonny Liston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marty Marshall2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Marty Marshall: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Sonny Liston50 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Sonny Liston: 50 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (78%) and 11 on the cards (22%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 78%11 on the cards 22%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marty Marshall 7, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Liston better on 1

Marshall

Opponent

Liston

  • Marty Marshall

    Loss, UD

    1959

    BesmanoffListon better

    Sonny Liston

    Win, TKO 7

    1959

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Marty Marshall has lost five straight. Marshall last boxed on Aug 1, 1959.LLLLL

Johnson Dec 1954Satterfield Mar 1955Liston Apr 1955Liston Mar 1956Besmanoff Aug 19591.4 tracked bouts per year

Sonny Liston has won once since losing by stoppage to Leotis Martin. Liston last boxed on Jun 29, 1970.WWWLW

Joiner Mar 1969Johnson May 1969Moore Sep 1969Martin Dec 1969Wepner Jun 19703.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marty Marshall and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Marty Marshall and Sonny Liston have met 3 times and Sonny Liston leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LMar 6, 1956 · Liston · UD

LApr 21, 1955 · Liston · TKO R6

WSep 7, 1954 · Marshall · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Marshall or Liston?
Marty Marshall is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Liston is 50-4. Sonny Liston has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Marshall2–528.6%

Liston50–492.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Marshall or Liston?
Marty Marshall has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Marshall1

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Marshall and Liston have any common opponents?
Marty Marshall and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Willi Besmanoff. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Willi BesmanoffLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Marshall and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Marty Marshall and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Marshall7bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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